I have been working at Cornerstone OnDemand full-time (More than a year)

Pros

Best reasons would be the culture and a cool looking office.

Cons

Perks are not what they seem. Unlimited days off was a really stupid idea because managers make people feel guilty about taking a day off and there's always lots of work to do so you can never take off. Google's model for that is so much better Mr. CEO! Most companies are backing out of it for a reason.Also, the managers were promoted here so most have very little experience managing people.Also, work-life balance? No such thing here. You're expected to work over the weekend and have email on your personal phone.Every day breakfasts are almost a joke because 20 minutes after they're served, they're gone. Can't you for once order enough food?Free lunch is once a week and it's poorly organized. You have to stand in line to get it for an hour. Whoever is in charge of that, obviously has no clue how to do this.

Advice to Management

It's always bad idea to tell your employees to write a positive feedback on glassdoor so the company looks good.

Unlimited vacation plans are very rewarding and offer the opportunity to take more time off than employees previously had access to. These plans are unique and they put the responsibility on the individual to plan ahead and organize their work. Offering this level of independence is key to building our culture at Cornerstone. Rather than backing out, it appears that many companies are adopting this plan to reward their high performers as are we.

We have several leadership development opportunities including monthly Development Days, Personal Coaching, and various curriculums and courses we offer to insure that anyone on a leadership path is receiving opportunities to advance and development.

We would never expect members of our team to use their personal devices for work related activities but many of them prefer it and we’re happy to accommodate that request instead of insisting they use ours.

Our employees love food and we are happy to supply them with many treats from breakfast, to snacks, to a candy shop. We often have so many left over’s from breakfast and our Friday lunches that we donate items to local shelters. Our Friday lunches are very popular with our employees. We have dramatically improved our lunch process by doubling the number of lines available but we are definitely willing to consider additional game plans. After all, we are a dynamically evolving organization and welcome your feedback. We highly encourage anyone with ideas for how to improve our operations to please stop by the Talent offices. Our door is always open.... MoreLess

I have been working at Cornerstone OnDemand full-time (More than 3 years)

Pros

Great employees, driven and creatively intelligent. Good benefits and training opportunities to grow professionally. Fast-growing company. Good initiatives to improve product and bring its intuitive-level up to par with the industry standard.

Cons

Was asked to add falsified information and lower score for my direct report. Totally did not feel comfortable with this and now wondering how much of a practice is this among other managerial staff and its negative effects upon employees' psyche.

Advice to Management

Don't pressure managers to falsify performance reviews. Performance is a metric and should be factual, not an emotion on what you feel about a person!

At no time are leaders asked to falsify or lower performance review scores. All leaders participate in a calibration process to ensure similar performance is equally rated across departments. This process aligns leaders to a common understanding of performance by which, along with input from their leadership team, may choose to align scores accordingly.... MoreLess

I have been working at Cornerstone OnDemand full-time (More than 3 years)

Pros

I get to own my success. I love working with my peers. I value my relationships with senior leadership. We are a very successful firm focused on client outcomes...that is very rewarding intrinsically and extrinsically.